Chapter 26

Quick A/N: Thank you, SexySlytherinChick, for your... friendly review. I'm sorry, I simply couldn't resist replying to your message. However much I would like to keep my head, that sex toy idea doesn't sound too bad. ;)

Now. On with the show.

It took Harry and Draco only a half a day to pack everything they owned with help from Fred, George, Ron, Hermione, Dean, Seamus and Ginny. They were supposed to move in the next day, so they were in quite a rush.
After they were finished packing, Ron, Hermione and Ginny hung around for a while. Fred and George had to go check on the store, and Dean and Seamus had to get back to work at the Daily Prophet.
"You know, Jenni has been acting weird lately," Harry pondered aloud. "Every time she sees me, she runs into another room. It's strange."
"D'you think she's just sad because you're leaving?" Ron asked.
Draco shook his head. "No, she's been doing the same thing to me, and it's definitely something different. Something's really bugging her. I tried to talk to her about it yesterday, but she just muttered something and ran off to her room. It's getting kind of weird."
"What d'you think it could be?" Ginny asked. "I mean, nothing could be that wrong, could it?"
Harry shrugged. "Who knows. With our luck, she's probably dying of cancer."
"Harry!" Hermione exclaimed. "That's a horrible thing to joke about!"
"Who said I was joking? She might be, for all we know," Harry sighed.
"Anyway," Ginny sighed sadly. "I have to get back to school tomorrow. Mum went school shopping for me last week."
"Ah, Gin!" Draco pouted, sitting down next to her and hugging her tightly. "You can't leave me! I'll be so lonely without you!"
"I know, Dray, but I gotta go. If I'm gonna get a job at the Ministry I have to take my N.E.W.T.s. Hell, they wouldn't hire me at Honeydukes if I didn't pass my N.E.W.T.s." She sighed again. "It's hard to believe it's only been a summer."
Everyone nodded in silent agreement. They were quiet for a moment.
"Well, I'll be back at Christmas. And after this year, I'll be home for good." She grinned. "It's my last year at school."
"That's great!" Hermione exclaimed. Then after school you're starting your Auror training, right?"
"Yep. I just hope that I can make it that far. I might take a break after I graduate, one summer isn't enough to recover from seven years of school." She chuckled.
"You're telling us," Ron muttered. Then he sighed sadly. "I can't believe you're already a seventh year. Time went fast."
Ginny stuck out her tongue at him and through a pillow at his head. "I'm only a year younger than you, genius. We're practically twins."
"You're still my little sister, however much younger you are." He tossed the pillow back to her.
She smiled and stood up. "Well, I've gotta go. I need to pack." Draco pouted at her. "Will you all come to the station tomorrow morning and see me off?"
"Of course," Harry smiled, jumping up and giving her a hug. "See you tomorrow."
She waved and left.
Both Ron and Hermione stood up, and Draco's pout turned to a scowl. "You're not leaving, too?"
"I have to help Ginny pack," Ron sighed.
"And I think it would be a good idea for you two to get some alone time before you leave. Just some time to so good-bye to the house," Hermione smiled.
"Of course." Harry gave her a hug too. "I'll call you later, okay?"
She nodded, and her and Ron also left.
Harry groaned as he fell back onto the couch next to his husband. "We should probably pack up the bed and stay in the Leaky Cauldron tonight, eh? So we don't have to do anymore packing tomorrow."
"S'pose so." Draco curled into a ball and rested against Harry's side, who held him close and nibbled on his ear. "Harry, stop it, that tickles."
"And you point is?" he asked playfully, before standing up. "Come on, we'd better take care of the bed now. Then we can Apparate over to the Leaky Cauldron and rent a room."
Draco grinned and jumped up too. "First I need to shower. I'll be fast, I promise."
"And by fast you mean an hour or two?" Harry teased.
"Hey, I've been good about it lately. I bet you I can shower in under twenty minutes!" he chuckled.
"If you really wanna bet on it...." Harry rolled his eyes. "Let's see about that."
They both ran up the stairs. Draco went into the bathroom, and Harry stood outside the door. "When you turn on the water, I'm setting my watch."
Draco laughed. "Fine!" He turned on the water, and Harry set his watch to go off in ten minutes.
Harry chuckled as he walked into their old bedroom and pulled out his wand. Sometimes he and Draco could be so childish.
There was a knock on the door. He looked up to see Jenni standing in the hallway, smiling at him. "Can I give you a hand?" she asked.
"Sure," Harry smiled back.
Jenni pulled out her own wand. "Where do you wanna put it?"
"Eh – I wanna load it into that box there," he said, pointing to a large wooden crate that was sitting against the back wall.
They used a Shrinking Spell to make the mattress and frame small enough to fit inside the box and levitated them both over to rest at the bottom of the crate. Then Harry secured the cover on the crate, and sat down on it. It only took them a few minutes.
Jenni sat down next to him and stared at the floor. "Sorry."
"For what?"
"For acting so weird lately. I've been a real jerk the last couple of days. And I'm sorry."
Harry smiled gently at her. "It's alright." He paused. "What was that all about, anyway?"
"About this." She scooted closer to Harry, slipped her arm around his neck, and kissed him softly.
He tried to pull away, but she pulled him back and held his neck a little tighter so he couldn't try to escape again.
Just then, Harry could hear the bathroom door opening, and Draco walking across the hall. Harry grabbed Jenni's shoulders and wrenched her away, but it was too late. Draco was already in the room, staring at the two as if he had just watched them murder someone.
"Harry..." Draco whispered.
Harry was speechless. What was he supposed to do? Out of all the thoughts that had crossed his mind in the past summer, he had never wondered what would happen if Draco caught him kissing Jenni. Hell, he had never even thought about kissing Jenni before.
Draco turned around calmly and walked out the door. He walked down the stairs, through the study, and to the kitchen. Then he sat down at the kitchen table, staring at the wall, dazed.
Before long, Harry ran into the kitchen, but he stopped in front of the door, just looking Draco over quietly.
"Draco..." he sighed.
"How could you do this to me?" Draco asked quietly. "We're married, Harry. We just bought a house together. Why did you have to go and kiss our roommate?"
"Draco..."
Draco shook his head and stood up. "It doesn't matter. It was expected. I knew from the beginning that she'd get to you. It was so obvious! And still, I actually let it happen!"
Harry was fed up. What gave Draco the right to make assumptions? He didn't know what really happened, and Harry really didn't feel like explaining himself. "I can't believe you don't trust me, Draco!" he shouted. "What happened with Jenni was a mistake – hell, it wasn't even my mistake! And if you can't trust me, that's too damn bad!"
He stormed out of the house. He just wanted to be alone for a while. He couldn't believe that Draco was mad at him, for something that wasn't even his fault.

A/N: Alright, this was a long time coming. I had this planned since... about the middle of the story.
Right now, I suppose, would be a good time to let you all in on a little secret. I don't really have any plot planned out when I start stories. That's why I get writer's block so often. I know how the beginning goes, and how the ending goes, but I just plan out the middle as I go along.
Okay, I'll explain why I didn't update THIS time. And, surprisingly, it isn't because of writer's block. Can you believe it? Actually, it's because I'm entering a writing contest. The first place prize is $3,000, and I could really use that money for my laptop. (My mom's evil, she's making me save up for my own laptop. I need one if I'm gonna become a famous writer!) I finished one story for the contest, but I might be slow on the next chapter, too, because I'm writing two for the contest.
I want to explain one thing. A lot of people have been suggesting that I throw a baby in the story. I do like stories where Harry and Draco have kids, but I think that idea's way too overdone. I've been trying to make this story as different from the ordinary fanfiction plots as I can, and a baby would be putting me on the same track as any other story on Maybe I'll write another story where they have kids, but at this point in the story, Harry and Draco are going to remain strictly childless.
Oh, we're so close to 200 reviews! Only 7 more to go! We can do it! Haha.

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